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The company has consulted with Dutch sports specialist Nijha and two special schools in Yorkshire, Highfield Special School and Oakfield Park Special School, to launch the modular ballcourt that features six different games courts.
Viv Jebson, Managing Director at Sutcliffe Play comments: “Our standard ballcourt has been a resounding success so we used this as a starting point and looked at ways to adapt it to make it more inclusive and accessible for users of all abilities to play side by side.”
The new ballcourt has many features and benefits including wider access points, smaller side courts for small group work and lowered side basketball goals for easy reach from wheelchairs. Visual impairment has also been considered in the design with the addition of contrast colours in the goal backs. This has all been combined with Sutcliffe Play’s standard ballcourt features including durability, flexible heights, unique noise reduction and slope adjustment.
The modular construction of the ballcourt means it can be tailored to suit any location, even a sloping site.
George McBride, Head of PE at Highfield Special School said about the new ballcourt: “We are very keen on the small, easily defined cross courts as very often we work with a small number of children in a group.” Viv concludes: “We are passionate about inclusive play, and are continually developing our range to introduce more opportunities for children of all abilities to play side by side without boundaries.” (www.sutcliffeplay.co.uk)
